23rd Nov, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Rossini (J.) [Gioachino].
La Gazza ladra Melodrama in due Atti. Die diebische Elster, Oper in zwei Aufzugen ... Klavierauszug.
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Hartel, no date, oblong folio, vocal score, [2], 232 pages, interleaved with blanks in places, plate number 3158, some annotation in pencil, several numbers cropped, foxing, 'T. Boosey' stamp to title page, quarter roan binding (rubbed);
idem, Otello, ossia L'Africano in Venezia, Othello oder fer Mohr von Venedig ...Klavierauszug.
Leipzig: Brietkopf & Hartel, oblong folio, vocal score, [2], 184 pages, plate number 3074, well worn half leather binding;
idem, Partition de l'Elizabeth Reine d' Angleterre Musique de Rossini Arangee pour le Forte Piano.
Paris: Carli, no date, folio, vocal score, [4], 240 pages, plate number 1436, foxing and staining, indistinct signature to title and several pages, well worn half leather binding with 'Mr Delpech' to leather label on upper board;
idem, Armida Opera Seria in tre Atti Del Signor G. Rossini ...
Paris, Janet et Cottelle, no date, folio, engraved vocal score, [4], 220 pages, plate number 2182 J.C., foxing throughout, half calf (well rubbed);
[Each with the bookplate of the 7th Earl of Harewood] (4)
Sold for £90
Estimated at £200 - £400
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 23rd Nov, 2022
Highlights include a collection of Opera scores and books from the Library of the late 7th Earl of Harewood, and two first edition Harry Potter books. Also included are early antiquarian books, modern first editions, illustrations, manuscripts, maps, early photographs, autographed letters and historic documents.
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